misingest

verb

Etymology

From mis- + ingest.

Definitions

  1. To ingest by accident.

    • A radiograph of the abdomen indicated that the blade of a hand reamer was misingested in the stomach wall of a young patient who was undergoing endodontic treatment.
    • Most misingested dental prostheses are easily removed by endoscope or fall naturally into the stomach.
    • A 9-month-old male infant, 8 kg, was referred to our hospital for a known BB in his abdomen, which had been misingested 5 days previously.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA